Tool Boxes

[Blakers]

Most of the oil/gas operators here in Wyoming use Pack Rats made by Weather Guard. I had one in my pickup for a time until I bought a truck to haul produced water. I liked how they are made and how much they can hold. Pork Chop boxes are kind of small for the amount of tools and fittings that I had to carry.

WEATHER GUARD PACK RAT Rollout Truck Drawer Units

Thanks for the reply Mikey. I'll look into these. I see they have some narrow drawers, that might fit on the sides inside. What I'm trying to avoid is something that fills the center part of my bed, so I can't use it to haul other things, such as a 4-wheeler, snowmobile, etc.



I basically need something to fit big tools, such as pipe wrenches, and something to fit smaller hand tools and small parts and fittings. Probably two different tool boxes. The big misc. stuff like big fittings, old rabbits and such I put in milk crates. Then I usually haul about 10 gallons of liquid soap and about 10 gallons of fresh water.



What I'd really like to do sometime is put an 8 foot flatbed on my truck with a narrow, but long tool box in front of the bed that can be accessed from both sides - for things like shovels, bars, etc. Then some under-bed lockable boxes for pipe wrenches and hand tools, then build some under-bed cages for soap and water bottles, rabbits, etc. This would keep the bed free of debris and allow lower access to the tools, etc.



If you have a production water truck, I need you to drive to Pennsylvania and pick up a couple 100 bbl tanks for me. I guess our water guys trucks are broken down and I have some tanks that are about to overflow! LOL



Take care,

Blake

 

[Blakers]

Someone told me they saw some swing-out tool boxes that mounted in the back corners of the bed and swung out on a hinge that was in the corner. He said they looked pretty slick. Anyone seen any of these?

 

[Blakers]

Anyone tried these? Undercover Swing Case Truck Toolbox, Swinging Truck Tool Boxes

 

[Radshooter]

Another vote for Weatherguard. We are full-time RVers, so I got the big chest type that sits on the floor of the bed of the truck and does not go above the rails for fiver clearance. I have no problems standing on it to wash the truck also. Had it over a year now, and no dust or moisture in it yet. We get a lot of dust storms here too.

Would have been expensive, but I got a very good discount on it because 1) it was a floor demo model and 2) it had a ding in it and was damaged. If you don't know where the ding is you will never find it, and it doesn't compromise the integrity of the box at all.

Not only do I have a lot of tools in it, it serves as a storage shed for stuff like dog food and ammo.

 

[seafish]

Anyone tried these? Undercover Swing Case Truck Toolbox, Swinging Truck Tool Boxes

Those actually look REALLY nice, but it seems as iof they only make them for the Dakota, not for our Rams. Oh well.

 

[UAV]

x2 for DeltaPro. I picked up a used one and after 3 years on my truck (most of the time) it's still going strong, never had a drop of moisture inside. Delta claims 500 lbs of force is required to pry the lid open although I've been fortunate enough not to find out.

 

[Blakers]

Those actually look REALLY nice, but it seems as iof they only make them for the Dakota, not for our Rams. Oh well.

They are now available. It looks like that site is outdated.



My only problem with them is that they are only designed to hold 50 lbs of tools. Then there are times when I couldn't swing them out if I have a 4 wheeler or something in the truck, though I think they can be opened while still in the bed.

 

[seafish]

Yup, you're right... This place has em for our trucks... pretty good price, too, with free shipping and $10 off coupon. I need to figure if one will swing out far enough around the door of my camper shell, though.

Undercover - undercover swing case; storage box sc300p - StreetSideAuto

 

[Grizzly]

I too would go with a WeatherGuard.

 

[LJFiler]

I have two RKI in my trucks no problems and have had one of them almost 10 years and the other 5 years. I little pricey but good boxes.

 

[BCalvert]

weatherproof delta tool box from Tractor Supply 4 years no leeks

Tracrac with tool box slide

 

[Blakers]

That's pretty nice! I bet it's expensive.

I decided to build an in-cab tool box for my hand tools and some of the other smaller things I need to carry on a daily basis for work. I bought a 60/40 rear seat on Ebay so I could keep the "40" side folded up. Then I built a plywood "consel" with a drawer and tool box on top. It's not quite done, but I'll post some pictures when it is. I can still haul passengers on the "60" part of the seat, or I can take this out in a few minutes and use the "40" part for people too.

I still need to come up with a larger tool box for the back for carrying my big 24 and 36 inch pipe wrenches. I'm thinking of building something out of 6" PVC pipe.

Blake

 

[BCalvert]

$500 for the TracRac

$250 for the tool box

$50 for the tool box slide

 

[pullya]

I too am looking for an in the box tool box. I just called American and all they wanted was $900 for one. Guess I don't need that kind of quailty. Dee Zee's are in the high $100-$200 range and others seem to go up from there. If I measured right the bottom of the box at the front can only be about 17" wide because of the wheel wells. I assume that the bottom would have to be reinforced and bolted down because the top of the box is wider.

Jay

 

[Blakers]

$500 for the TracRac

$250 for the tool box

$50 for the tool box slide

That's really not too bad if you are gonna use it a lot. Can't beat good quality stuff.



The main drawback I see is you have to have everything in the bed only as high as the bottom of the tool box. And you couldn't haul an ATV or anything like that.



I would like to see a large tool box like that hydraulically come over the side and down to waist level.

 

[BCalvert]

tail gate down you can haul a atv or try http://rockerpods.com

 

[Blakers]

I wish the short beds were a foot longer (and the long beds a foot longer too). ATVs are very tight in the short beds even without a tool box. Probably could haul one with the gate down and tied on real good!

 

[Newt]

RKI (Rawson Koenig) aluminum

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

I don't know about their tool boxes, but I had a bad experience with a Weatherguard fuel tank some years ago. It continually rusted inside badly, and got stress cranks where they welded internal baffles. They would not honor their warranty, and spewed bs about why. They mumbled about a feedback fuel system--gee, on a 12 valve diesel--what do they smoke?

 

[JCockerill]

spend the money and buy weatherguard, i love mine, plus you can get it in black, lock system is nice too